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adjourned. >> shop & dine in the 49 promotes local businesses and challenges residents to do their shop & dine in the 49 with within the 49 square miles of san francisco by supporting local services within the neighborhood we help san francisco remain unique successful and vibrant so where will you shop & dine in the 49 my name is jim woods i'm the
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founder of woods beer company and the proprietor of woods copy k open 2 henry adams what makes us unique is that we're reintegrated brooeg the beer and serving that cross the table people are sitting next to the xurpz drinking alongside we're having a lot of ingredient that get there's a lot to do the district of retail shop having that really close connection with the consumer allows us to do exciting things we decided to come to treasure island because we saw it as an amazing opportunity can't be beat the views and real estate that great county starting to develop on treasure island like minded business owners with last week products and want to get on the ground floor a no-brainer for us when you you, you buying local goods made locally our
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supporting small business those are not created an, an sprinkle scale with all the machines and one person procreating them people are making them by hand as a result more interesting and can't get that of minor or anywhere else and san francisco a hot bed for local manufacturing in support that is what keeps your city vibrant we'll make a compelling place to live and visit i think that local business is the lifeblood of san francisco and a vibrant san francisco is surrounded on three sides by water, the fire boat station is intergal to maritime rescue and preparedness, not only for san francisco, but for all of the bay area.
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[sirens] >> fire station 35 was built in 1915. so it is over 100 years old. and helped it, we're going to build fire boat station 35. >> so the finished capital planning committee, i think about three years ago, issued a guidance that all city facilities must exist on sea level rise. >> the station 35, construction cost is approximately $30 million. and the schedule was complicated because of what you call a float. it is being fabricated in china, and will be brought to treasure island, where the building site efficient will be constructed on top of it, and then brought to pier
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22 and a half for installation. >> we're looking at late 2020 for final completion of the fire boat float. the historic firehouse will remain on the embarcadero, and we will still respond out of the historic firehouse with our fire engine, and respond to medical calls and other incidences in the district. >> this totally has to incorporate between three to six feet of sea level rise over the next 100 years. that's what the city's guidance is requiring. it is built on the float, that can move up and down as the water level rises, and sits on four fixed guide piles. so if the seas go up, it can move up and down with that. >> it does have a full range of travel, from low tide to high tide of about 16 feet. so that allows for current
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tidal movements and sea lisle rises in the coming decades. >> the fire boat station float will also incorporate a ramp for ambulance deployment and access. >> the access ramp is rigidly connected to the land side, with more of a pivot or hinge connection, and then it is sliding over the top of the float. in that way the ramp can flex up and down like a hinge, and also allow for a slight few inches of lateral motion of the float. both the access ramps, which there is two, and the utility's only flexible connection connecting from the float to the back of the building. so electrical power, water, sewage, it all has flexible connection to the boat. >> high boat station number 35 will provide mooring for three fire boats and one rescue boat.
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>> currently we're staffed with seven members per day, but the fire department would like to establish a new dedicated marine unit that would be able to respond to multiple incidences. looking into the future, we have not only at&t park, where we have a lot of kayakers, but we have a lot of developments in the southeast side, including the stadium, and we want to have the ability to respond to any marine or maritime incident along these new developments. >> there are very few designs for people sleeping on the water. we're looking at cruiseships, which are larger structures, several times the size of harbor station 35, but they're the only good reference point. we look to the cruiseship industry who has kind of an index for how much
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acceleration they were accommodate. >> it is very unique. i don't know that any other fire station built on the water is in the united states. >> the fire boat is a regionalesset tharegional assete used for water rescue, but we also do environmental cleanup. we have special rigging that we carry that will contain oil spills until an environmental unit can come out. this is a job for us, but it is also a way of life and a lifestyle. we're proud to serve our community. and we're willing to help people in any way we can.
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>> this is one place you can always count on to give you what you had before and remind you of what your san francisco history used to be. >> we hear that all the time, people bring their kids here and their grandparents brought them here and down the line. >> even though people move away, whenever they come back to the city, they make it here. and they tell us that. >> you're going to get something made fresh, made by hand and made with quality products and something that's very, very good.
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♪ >> the legacy bars and restaurants was something that was begun by san francisco simply to recognize and draw attention to the establishments. it really provides for san francisco's unique character. ♪ >> and that morphed into a request that we work with the city to develop a legacy business registration. >> i'm michael cirocco and the owner of an area bakery. ♪ the bakery started in 191. my grandfather came over from italy and opened it up then. it is a small operation. it's not big. so everything is kind of quality that way. so i see every piece and cut
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every piece that comes in and out of that oven. >> i'm leslie cirocco-mitchell, a fourth generation baker here with my family. ♪ so we get up pretty early in the morning. i usually start baking around 5:00. and then you just start doing rounds of dough. loaves. >> my mom and sister basically handle the front and then i have my nephew james helps and then my two daughters and my wife come in and we actually do the baking. after that, my mom and my sister stay and sell the product, retail it. ♪ you know, i don't really think about it. but then when i -- sometimes when i go places and i look and see places put up, oh this is our 50th anniversary and everything and we've been over 100 and that is when it kind of hits me. you know, that geez, we've been
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here a long time. [applause] ♪ >> a lot of people might ask why our legacy business is important. we all have our own stories to tell about our ancestry. our lineage and i'll use one example of tommy's joint. tommy's joint is a place that my husband went to as a child and he's a fourth generation san franciscan. it's a place we can still go to today with our children or grandchildren and share the stories of what was san francisco like back in the 1950s. >> i'm the general manager at tommy's joint. people mostly recognize tommy's joint for its murals on the outside of the building. very bright blue. you drive down and see what it
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is. they know the building. tommy's is a san francisco hoffa, which is a german-style presenting food. we have five different carved meats and we carve it by hand at the station. you prefer it to be carved whether you like your brisket fatty or want it lean. you want your pastrami to be very lean. you can say i want that piece of corn beef and want it cut, you know, very thick and i want it with some sauerkraut. tell the guys how you want to prepare it and they will do it right in front of you. san francisco's a place that's changing restaurants, except for tommy's joint. tommy's joint has been the same since it opened and that is important. san francisco in general that we don't lose a grip of what
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san francisco's came from. tommy's is a place that you'll always recognize whenever you lock in the door. you'll see the same staff, the same bartender and have the same meal and that is great. that's important. ♪ >> the service that san francisco heritage offers to the legacy businesses is to help them with that application process, to make sure that they really recognize about them what it is that makes them so special here in san francisco. ♪ so we'll help them with that application process if, in fact, the board of supervisors does recognize them as a legacy
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business, then that does entitle them to certain financial benefits from the city of san francisco. but i say really, more importantly, it really brings them public recognition that this is a business in san francisco that has history and that is unique to san francisco. >> it started in june of 1953. ♪ and we make everything from scratch. everything. we started a you -- we started a off with 12 flavors and mango fruits from the philippines and then started trying them one by one and the family had a whole new clientele. the business really boomed after that. >> i think that the flavors we make reflect the diversity of san francisco.
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we were really surprised about the legacy project but we were thrilled to be a part of it. businesses come and go in the city. pretty tough for businesss to stay here because it is so expensive and there's so much competition. so for us who have been here all these years and still be popular and to be recognized by the city has been really a huge honor. >> we got a phone call from a woman who was 91 and she wanted to know if the mitchells still owned it and she was so happy that we were still involved, still the owners. she was our customer in 1953. and she still comes in. but she was just making sure that we were still around and it just makes us feel, you
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know, very proud that we're carrying on our father's legacy. and that we mean so much to so many people. ♪ >> it provides a perspective. and i think if you only looked at it in the here and now, you're missing the context. for me, legacy businesses, legacy bars and restaurants are really about setting the context for how we come to be where we are today. >> i just think it's part of san francisco. people like to see familiar stuff. at least i know i do. >> in the 1950s, you could see a picture of tommy's joint and looks exactly the same. we haven't change add thing. >> i remember one lady saying, you know, i've been eating this ice cream since before i was born. and i thought, wow! we have, too. ♪
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>> good afternoon, everyone. let's try that again. good afternoon. my name is harold shields and i'm proud to be the community school director here at burton high school. we are here today to celebrate one of our very successful programs, the ace program which was a six-week learning work-based opportunity for our students. before i introduce the high school choir in the city of san francisco that is the best, i
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want to say thank you to mayor breed for her opportunities for all initiatives and thank principal thomas for working with us, as well as my staff sara kong and mubina shaik for organizing and directing the success of our summer program. here we have career pathways where we try to ensure that our students have access to college and career-readiness opportunities. we are doing our absolute best to ensure that our business and industry partners here in the city recognize the talent that our students have here at burton and the rest of the city, so that our talent here locally can stay here locally and be part of our future workforce. now, without further ado, the
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burton high school choir. [ applause ] [♪] [♪] [♪]
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[♪] [♪] [singing "roar"]
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[♪] [ cheering and applause ]. >> mayor breed: hello, everyone. i'm san francisco mayor london breed, and i am so excited to be here today. hello. first of all, i love katy
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perry's version, but i will buy that single if you guys to upload it. beautiful. thank you so much to the amazing choir that burton has been traditionally known for every since i was in high school, which wasn't actually that long ago. burton always had an incredible choir and was an incredible force in this city for academics and so many things. so it really is an honor to be here, because this initiative, opportunities for all, is something that is near and dear in my heart. i am so fortunate because when i was in high school, you know, there was not really a lot of opportunities to learn and to grow and to figure out what i wanted to do in life. i grew up in the western edition in the philmore community in public housing where my grandmother raised me. it was so easy to turn to some
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of the negative activity that existed in my community. there was drug using, drug dealing, theft, all kinds of stuff that honestly, sadly, so many of the people that i grew up with ended up going down the wrong path. i think that a really important turning point in my life happened when i got that first job. i was 14 and i got a job through the mayor's youth employment and training program. [ laughter ]. >> mayor breed: and i was able to earn my own money because my grandmother was getting welfare and food stamps and all this stuff for us and we didn't have a lot. the ability to earn my own money and make some choices for myself, but also choices for my future, was so important. because it wasn't just about the money that i earned, it was about the skills that i earned. you wouldn't believe it. i'm mayor now and i dress nice, but i showed up the first day of
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my internship with -- some of you might have done this, with a see-through shirt and the cut-off jeans and all that kind of stuff. it was the style back then, but the fact is that's really not how you're supposed to show up in a workplace. the people that i worked for, they didn't just fire me and say you're not dressed appropriately. they took the time to explain to me why in this environment it was important to address like a professional. when i answered the phone like, who you looking for? what do you want? they said, no, they turned it into a script saying this is london breed, thank you for calling. how may i help you? they didn't just give up on me. i was a handful as a teenager, believe it or not. and this internship opened the doors of opportunity for me to not only work in the summer and get paid to work and buy my own
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school clothes and all the things that i really wanted, but it gave me an opportunity to learn and grow. and, in fact, because of the relationship that developed during that internship, i was given a job year-round. so after school i would go straight on the bus to philmore and oak to the family school. i would work and do my homework there. i had an incredible number of adults who were great mentors and supporters. it's where i learned about college opportunities and what i can do with my future. before that, i don't think i had any plans what would happen in the future. what i saw around me was something completely different. here was a door that was opened. so when i became mayor, there was nothing more important to me than making sure that young people in the city have access to a paid internship in any capacity to learn about any industry you want.
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because let me tell you something, not everybody i grew up with got the same opportunity. so many people that i grew up with, including my family members, ended up in the criminal justice system, ended up, sadly, on drugs, ended up, sadly, dead from gun violence. i can't help but think where did we go wrong and how do we make sure as a city that no one falls through the cracks. that's why i started opportunities for all because i never ever want any young person to be turned away for an opportunity to learn to grow and thrive. that's why we're taking this message to you because we want you to be a part of opportunities for all. we want you to know about the possibilities, whether it's working for any city department or running the airlines.
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today we're joined by united airlines, who i basically reached out to along with so many other companies in san francisco. we have all these tech companies and healthcare companies, all this network, there's so many opportunities, where you can not only work for these companies, you can start your own and you can run these businesses. so we want you all to be exposed to what's possible. the way that you're successful is when you know what's out there and you decide what you want to do in life. so today united has agreed to an incredible partnership, where they are not only investing the dollars to help pay for the internship, they are providing students with paid internships, to work in various capacities on the airlines, they're providing transportation to the airport, and they're providing airline tickets. [ applause ].
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>> mayor breed: so i'm going to let janet talk a little bit more about the details of what this means, but i also want all the young people who are here today to understand the importance of thinking about your future, because before you know it, you're going to be 18. like my grandmother did, she was making me if any for my own toilet paper. ms. brown did not pay. i had to give her rent money when i was working and everything else. at the same time, it wasn't because she was trying to punish me. she was trying to get me ready for the real world. she was trying to get me ready to take care of myself. ultimately, when you become adults, you're going to have the responsibility of taking care of yourself. ultimately as mayor, because of what happened in the past in this city and the loss of so many of my friends and family members, i want to make sure that we don't continue to make the same mistakes. i want you all to grow and to
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thrive in this city. i want you to be able to afford to live here when you become adults. that's my goal, the future of san francisco, and you all, all of you here, at burton, you all are the future of san francisco. so i just wanted to take the opportunity to thank you all so much for just really being here and expressing interest in this incredible program. we came here because we wanted to bring the program directly to you. i also want to recognize jenny lam who is one of the members of the school board. [ applause ]. >> mayor breed: all of the students here and also ivar from the airport. he's the guy who runs the airport. take a good look at ivar. he's going to be retiring soon, so who's going to take over his job?
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this guy makes some real money running the airport. i want you to think about that in terms of these opportunities. janet from united, please come up and share a few words. >> thank you so much, mayor breed. let's give her a round of applause. if i may, i just want to say when i hear your story, it's an unbelievable inspiration to me and i know it is to so many of you. it's not just getting a job, but mayor london breed is managing and running one of the most complex cities in the world with lots of challenges. every day she works on machine solving. and then to come and spend the time with us to inspire. please give her another warm welcome and round of applause and it thank you for your leadership and inspiration on this. we appreciate it. i would like to make a few introductions. matt miller, my colleague is san francisco vice president hub who runs our operation. behind me, you have lots of our
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employees in various roles that we do at s.f.o. i just want to share with you why united is here. we have been in this community for 90 years. we are part of the fabric of san francisco. we have 12,000 employees throughout the bay area region, where they work, live, play, and volunteer. so we are deeply wedded to all of the issues within this region in san francisco, and we very much want to be part of the future and making sure that the future is bright. there is no better way to do that than to invest in students and in very meaningful ways. so i could not be more proud of the fact that we are here to announce a $300,000 partnership with opportunities for all. [ applause ]. >> while the money is significant, what i'm most proud of is this is a partnership with opportunities for all for the long term. we want to ensure that the students that come and work with
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us in various internships have meaningful skills that will give you a life-long set of factors and skills that you could apply to jobs with us, hopefully, but jobs anywhere. as the mayor said, it's aviation, it's tickets to go see the world. we travel to more locations within california and we have san francisco's gateway to the world. we are very excited to offer this opportunity and very excited to partner with the mayor. on behalf of everyone with us today at united, we want to thank you for being here. we want to invite everybody who is interested in applying to come and join us. we very much would like you to make an application for one of our internships. it's now with great honor that i get to introduce one of our employees who is a united customer service representative and a boys and girls club 2015 youth of the year and is the product of one of these types of
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internships. so please join me in welcoming carmen sousa. [ applause ]. >> so i'm carmen sousa. i, like many of you, am a san francisco native and born and raised in the mission. i went to school all over the city in the bayview and the tenderloin in the mission, all over the place. so i first started off also through the mayor -- i also started working at 14th through mayeep and was able to get all these different job opportunities and eventually started working with the boys and girls club which i was a long-term member with since i was 6 or 7 years old.
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through that club and mayeep, i was able to learn all these different job opportunities and how to -- job-readiness programs, like job résumes and all that. so -- [ applause ]. >> and -- so i first got introduced with united with the boys and girls club when i first turned 18 years old. luckily through them i was able to learn even more, not only with the boys and girls club and mayeep was ready to get me ready for a new job, but i feel united was able to push me with an
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extra step knowing this is a real job with real responsibilities, you're dealing with real people. i just wanted to let you all know that anything is pretty much possible. i've been working with united for four years now and been able to travel all over the world. it's been a really great thing for someone from the city who's never been even outside of california. that's it. >> great job, carmen. born here and flying all over the world could be you as well. thank you. our appreciation to mayor breed for being the inspiration for this. thank you all and have a great
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day. >> mayor breed: last but not least, sheryl davis who runs the program, the director of the human rights commission here in san francisco. sheryl and i did a lot of work togeth together. everything centred around helping to make sure that young people grow and thrive. now we have a bigger platform to do it and impact the entire city. so we are counting on you, young people, to step up and step out and be successful because i'm going to be retiring in a couple of years. so i want you to be prepared to take my place. that's the whole point. i could tell you got me. you're ready, yes. so with that, sister davis, can you come on up and tell the young folks how they can apply
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for opportunities for all because i want you to start now and i also want to make sure that we grow this program so it's not just the summer. we want to make sure that we are doing this year-round and we are going to hold all the big companies accountable who do business accountable to participate in this program which is a future for our young folks all over the city. ms. davis. >> thank you, mayor. give another round for mayor breed. i see you guys are already color-coordinated. you're ready to step into it. i would say the quick way to do this is harold shields here. he is going to be point for us to coordinate some of that. i saw patsy and john also. i know that they are doing work here and supporting the community. saida is here from hope s.f. all of these are partners. principal thomas knows how to get in touch with us. we want to start the process.
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if you are serious and ready, united has a plan. we're working with them to get folks through that. i see the collective team and others. there are lots of people here. i would say you start with knocking on harold's door, making sure he's got your name and number and he's connected. he's got all the stuff. we do have the app. you have to go to opps.org and that's where you register. we can get you all of that. harold is going to make sure you don't get lost in any of the process. the united process is a very specific process. anybody who's ever had to go through security at the airport, it's 20 times harder to get a job at the airport. we want to get you ready for that. we will help you. i think we have to start now for you to have a job in three months at the airport. let's get it started.
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i'm here today. cathy and amelia. oppsforall.org is where you go. thank you. [ applause ]. >> go back to class. [ laughter ]
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>> 5, 4, 3, 2 , 1. cut. >> we are here to celebrate the opening of this community garden. a place that used to look a lot darker and today is sun is shining and it's beautiful and it's been completely redone and been a gathering place for this community. >> i have been waiting for this garden for 3 decades. that is not a joke. i live in an apartment building three floors up and i have potted plants and have dreamt the whole time i have lived there to have some ability to build this dirt. >> let me tell you handout you -- how to build a community garden. you start with a
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really good idea and add community support from echo media and levis and take management and water and sun and this is what we have. this is great. it's about environment and stewardship. it's also for the -- we implemented several practices in our successes of the site. that is made up of the pockets like wool but they are made of recycled plastic bottles. i don't know how they do it. >> there is acres and acres of parkland throughout golden gate park, but not necessarily through golden community garden. we have it right in
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>> good afternoon and welcome to the san francisco historic preservation commission regular hearing for wednesday, october 22nd -- october 2nd, 2019. the commission does not tolerate any outbursts of any kind. silencer mobile devices that may sound off. do state your name for the record. i would like to take roll call at this time. [roll call] commissioners, first on your agenda is general public comment at this time, members of the public may address the commission on items of interest to the commission except agenda items. with respect to agenda items, your opportunity will be afforded when the item is reached in the meeting. each member of the public may address the commission for up to three minut